styca

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/ˈstaɪ.kə/

noun

An Anglo-Saxon copper coin of little value, used in Northumbria.

OriginMedieval Latin styca ← Old English stycas →
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Meanings

nounstyca (plural stycas)

plural stycas

  1. historicalAn Anglo-Saxon copper coin of little value, used in Northumbria.

    They were contained in a bronze vessel, and were all stycas, consisting of 2000 of Eadred, 2000 of Ethelred[…]

    1859, Henry Noel Humphreys, The Coin Collector's Manual, or Guide to the Numismatic Student in the Formation of a Cabinet of Coins

Origin

  1. Old Englishstycas
  2. Medieval Latinstyca
  3. Englishstyca

From Medieval Latin styca, from Old English stycas, styċġċe pl, Northumbrian variants of Old English styċċe (“small piece of money; bit; piece”).

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